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Proverbs 17:12
Westminster Leningrad Codex · Berean Standard Bible
פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־ כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.